Barbs continue to fly as Innu Nation’s court challenge of NunatuKavut recognition pushed to new year

Innu Nation Grand Chief Simon Pokue says the NunatuKavut is using its ‘white privilege’ and well-connected evangelists in provincial and federal government to promote what it calls unearned claims of Inuit identity. But the NunatuKavut has a 'tremendously long history,' says its president.

In 2019, then-Crown-Indigenous relations minister Carolyn Bennet signed a memorandum of understanding with the NunatuKavut Community Council despite concerns from senior government officials that it could set a precedent with other groups whose Section 35 rights are in doubt.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

October 18, 2023

The Innu Nation will have to wait until the new year for its day in court on its challenge of the federal government's decision to sign a memorandum of understanding to begin the process of recognizing the southern Labrador NunatuKavut as Indigenous.

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